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Body found along Plaster Creek Trail: Police investigating 'suspicious' death

Grand Rapids Police investigate Plaster Creek Trail where a body was found in the early morning on Thursday, August 8 behind Ken-O-Sha Park School. The victim is described as a white female, and police believe the death is recent. (Emily Zoladz | MLive.com)

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Grand Rapids Police are on scene at the Plaster Creek Trail after a body was found there early Thursday morning.

Police were dispatched around 7:45 a.m. after a caller reported a person lying on the trail near 28th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Grand Rapids Police Lt. John Bylsma said.

Body found along Plaster Creek TrailGrand Rapids Police Lt. Patrick Merrill talks with media about the investigation at Plaster Creek Trail where a body was found in the early morning on Thursday, August 8 behind Ken-O-Sha Park School in Grand Rapids, MI. The victim is described as a white female, and police believe the death is recent. (Emily Zoladz | MLive.com)

"Someone riding or walking on the trail reported a dead body and called police," Bylsma said. "We have crews heading to the scene to conduct an investigation."

The death is being treated as suspicious.

A description of the victim initially was not available.

Andrew Krietz covers breaking and general police/fire news for MLive | The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at akrietz@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter.